Dandivine First Episode Bets On 1980s Super Robot Style
The premiere targets viewers with affection for old super robot anime, a nostalgia bet that leaves the show's entertainment value for a modern general audience uncertain.
Reporting from 1 source: Beneath the Tangles.
An original mecha anime, Dandivine, streams on Crunchyroll after a premiere that leans on the super robot era. Twenty years after the unit sealed away the Aposdolls, it is remembered as a fading toy from Casgar Company. Student Gekiha Shijima, seen as average by his friends and girlfriend, gets pulled into its comeback. The first episode pairs a retro Dandivine design with a kaiju fight and a dynamic between Gekiha and his uncle.
The first episode builds its world around the aftermath of a battle. Twenty years ago Dandivine defeated the Aposdolls and sealed away a threat to humanity. The mecha is retired, known more as a toy brand than a weapon, and even that recognition is fading as sales slide for Casgar Company and children call the toy a relic.
The Aposdolls have waited and are ready for revenge. Gekiha Shijima, a student his friends and girlfriend treat as average and boring, gets caught up in Dandivine's comeback. The premiere's dialogue, character designs, and direction aim for the feel of 1981, and the episode includes a Godzilla-like kaiju fight and an uncle dynamic that sets up later episodes.
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